Improvement in pumps



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DANIEL' J.

I [IMSELE AND W. E. GORTON, 0E SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 100,885, dated March 15, 1870.

' IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all 'whom 'it may concern Be it4 known that I, DANIEL J. GoR'roN, of West Eau Claire, infthe county of Eau Claire, and in the State of Wisconsion, have invented certain new 'and useful Improvements in Pumps; and do hereby deolare that the following is a full, clear and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

' The nature of my invention consists in the construetion and arrangement of a force-pump, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my pump, part in section;

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the stuifing-box on top of the cylinder, with the plunger-rod passing through the same; and

Figure 3 is a vertical section of the plunger.

A represents an upright cylinder, having a plunger, B, working up and'down in the same. This plunger is constructed of a short piece of firm timber, turned smaller in the middle and larger at each end, and having leather packing.

A rod, C, passes' through the plunger, secured by nuts and screw.

This rod passes through the top of the cylinder, which is made tight around the rod by means of stuffing-box and packing D, as lshown in tig. 2.

'lhe upper end of theplunger-iod C is secured to a rack-bar, E, which moves perpendicularly up and down in a slot in the frame of the pump, which frame, G, may be made in any desired manner.

The rack-barE is operated by means of a segment rack, H` and its rear side bears against a roller, I, as shown in iig. 1, to prevent unnecessary friction.

The wheel or segment rack H may be operated by means of a lever, or in very deep wells it may be operated by means oftwo rods, connected with a double-l acting lever on top of the well-platform.

The cylinder A is provided on one side-with two receiving-valves al a, placed one at the top and the other at the bottom oi' the cylinder, said valvescommunicating with a receiving-pipe, J, which is open at the bottom to admit thewater.

The receiving-pipe may be perforated, so as to keep everything from the valves that might in any way interfere with their free acti'n.

On the opposite side of the cylinder A, directly opposite the receiving-valves a, a, are placed two discharging-valves b b, which Aopen into a dischargingpipe, K. All the valves are made of galvanized iron,

packed with thick sole-leather, and hung with a galvanized binge.

All the metalparts of my pump which come in con tact with the water are made of galvanized or vulcanized sheet metal, and therefore cannot injure the water.

On the side of the discharge-pipe K is placed an air-chamber, L, communicating with the lower end of the discharge-pipe. The air-chamber heilig full of air and the water entering at the lower end, gives the air no chance to escape, but is forced upv the chamber or pipe L into a density equal to the force employed, thus giving a springing lor elastic action to the water, assisting very much in its operation.

The great desideratnm of moving the plunger straight up and down without the extra friction of pitman and joints is secured, by means of the segment and ratchet, thus giving a uniform andl even leverage never before applied to pumps.

The method of making the plunger makes it selfadjusting, operating evenly either way, and forces all the water received in the cylinder up the pipe, with the least possible friction. l

The method of 1packing and hanging the valves makes them very durable and not liable to get out of order, and impossible to stick down so that the action of the pump will not raise them.

This pump is compact in form, simple in its construction, and certain in its operation. Placed in the bottom of a seventyfeet well, it will easily raise to the surface eight gallons of water per minute; or in a well twenty-five feet or under, it will throw a continuous stream of water over a two-story building at the rate of fifteen galons per minute; or used in cases of fire and placed ou the ground with a suction-hose fed from a. reservoir, two men can force thirty gallons of water per minute a distance of seventy-five feet.

rIhe well being down an embankment, and a number of rods from the house, the water can be forced to the house at very trifiing-cost, and the parallel rods, connected with the ratchet-wheel, can be operated at the point where it is wished to bring the water.

Having thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Leiters Patent, is-

The combination and arrangement of the three cylinders A J K with valves a a and b b, air-chamber L, plunger-rod C, plunger B, constructed as described, packing-box I), rack E, segment H, and roller I, all the parts being constructed to operate substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of J auuary, 1870. Witnesses: DANIEL J. GORTON. G. B. RIGKERD,

M. S. WILCOX. 

